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-adj. 2. wordy, verbose, prolix, profuse, long-winded, loquacious, lengthy, long, unending, endless; pleonastic, tautological, repetitive, redundant; discursive, digressive, rambling, wandering, maundering, meandering; circumlocutory, periphrastic, circuitous, roundabout, ambagious, indirect; pointless, aimless, ambiguous, vague, obscure.
3. spread out, sidespread, scattered, dispersed; sparse, thin, scanty, meager,

diffusion, n. 1. dispersion, dissipation, dissipativi-ty, circumfusion, spreading; scatteredness, scattering, strewing, bestrewing, sowing; dissemination, propagation, distribution, dispensation, circulation; effusion, effusiveness, radiation.
2. verbosity, verboseness, wordiness, prolixness, prolixity, profuseness, long-windedness, loquaciousness, loquacity; pleonasm, tautology, repetitiveness, redundancy; discursiveness, discursion, digressiveness, digression, diffusiveness, rambling, wandering; circumlocution, periphrasis, circuitousness, ambagiousness, indirectness; aimlessness, pointlessness, ambiguousness, ambiguity, vagueness,

dig, v. 1. (all in reference to earth) work, loosen up, break up, turn over, prepare, dress; hoe, till, cultivate, harrow, plow; shovel, spade, dibble; toil, grub, Inf. work pick and shovel; excavate, hollow out, scoop, gouge; tunnel, burrow, channel, mine, undermine, sap.
2. thrust, force in, prod, poke, insert, push into,
plunge, plunge into, force into, thrust into.
3. delve, dig down, search, research; investigate, probe; persevere, leave no stone unturned.
4. Slang,

a. appreciate, enjoy, esteem, prize, like, love, rate high. b. understand, comprehend, grasp, Inf. get, Inf. catch on; realize, discern, perceive, make out, recognize.
5. dig up a. unearth, exhume, quarry, bring to the surface, b. Informal, come across, discover, find, bring to light, expose; research, study, search out, sift out, plod, grind, Inf. go the spade work.
-n. 6. poke, thrust, push, punch, thump, jab.
7. Informal, taunt, gibe, cutting remark, insult, hoot, jeer, sneer, slur, quip, twit, sly remark, insinuation, Inf. slap in the face, Inf. needle, Inf. wisecrack, Inf. low blow.

digest, v. 1. (of food) break down, dissolve, transform; absorb, assimilate.
2. comprehend, understand, master, absorb, take in; ponder, reflect, think over, mull over; study, contemplate, weigh, consider, meditate upon.
3. endure, bear, tolerate, brook; submit to, suffer, abide, stand; swallow, stomach, pocket.
4. classify, order, codify, methodize, systematize.
5. condense, abridge, summarize, shorten, compress, edit, epitomize, abbreviate; sketch, review, outline.
-n. 6. summary, epitome, synopsis, abstract; compendium, pandect, symposium, compilation, conspectus; condensation, abridgment, reduction, compression, abbreviation; analysis, recapitulation; rdsumd, brief, precis; outline, apercu, sketch, review, syllabus, prospectus; docket, bulletin, minute; extracts, fragments, cuttings, analects, clippings, citations.

digestion, n. 1. (of food) absorption, assimilation; conversion, transformation; eupepsia, eupepsy; dyspepsia, dyspepsy.
2. comprehension, understanding, mastery,

dignified, adj. stately, grave, solemn, formal; noble, honorable, distinguished, distingud, impressive, imposing; august, grand, majestic, splendid, regal, sublime, exalted, lofty.